Today's Class- Today we started our study of line. After discussing characteristics of line I showed several dozen slides with examples of how line has been used in art through history. Following that, the class did a series of portfolio exercises involving aspects of contour line and negative space.
How to make this up- Information about the three portfolio exercises can be found below. Follow the links at the end of each section to get the details.
Contour Line
We did a series of drawing exercises dealing with contour line, the simple line that surrounds a shape and helps define it. We used shoes as the subject, simple objects that have similar characteristics to bodies. Detailed descriptions of these exercises and see student examples of each can be found here.
Negative Space
Positive shapes are spaces surrounded by contour lines. The empty spaces around and between the positive shapes are considered to be negative space. The positive and negative each define the other, and thus are considered equally important in two dimensional art. We used contour lines in two exercises that can be found here.
All the drawings done today were portfolio exercises that must be made up by the last day of the semester to receive full credit.
Homework- Nothing new today, but the stipple (dot) drawing project begun in class last week is due at the beginning of class Monday, September 29, 2014.
For next class 9/29/14- We will open class next week with a critique of the first project, the dot or stipple drawings, then move on to our second graded project, a pencil line still life of mixed objects. Bring the completed dot drawings and your original photo, your 18" x 24" pad, pencils, and eraser. The dot drawings will be graded and returned before the end of class.
